Disk Usage Analyzer

Disk Usage Analyzer

Screenshot of Disk Usage Analyzer
Original author(s) Fabio Marzocca
Developer(s) Paolo Borelli
Stable release 3.22.2 (9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)[1]) [±]
Preview release 3.23.2 (23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)[2]) [±]
Operating system UNIX-like
Type Disk utility
License GNU General Public License
Website wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Baobab

Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical disk usage analyzer for GNOME. It was part of gnome-utils,[3] but was split off for GNOME 3.4. It was originally named Baobab after the Adansonia tree. The software gives the user a menu-driven, graphical representation of what is on a disk drive.[4] The interface allows for selection of specific parts of filesystem being scanned so a single folder, the entire filesystem, and even remote folders and filesystems can be scanned.[5] The graphical representation can be switched between a ring chart and a treemap chart so the presentation can be tailored to the specific content being scanned.[6]

At some point, Disk Usage Analyzer was rewritten in Vala.[7]

Future

At the GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) in 2013, a plan to merge the Disk Usage Analyzer with gnome-system-monitor to a new program called Usage was presented.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. Clasen, Matthias (21 September 2016). "GNOME 3.22". gnome-announce-list (Mailing list). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. Clasen, Matthias (21 September 2016). "GNOME 3.22". gnome-announce-list (Mailing list). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. GnomeUtils - GNOME Live!
  4. "Disk Usage Analyzer for GNOME". Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  5. "Baobab Usage". Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  6. "Baobab Shows". Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  7. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Baobab/ValaRewrite
  8. https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Usage
  9. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SystemMonitor/MergeWithUsage SystemMonitor
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